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Zone Alarm Firewall - Free

I have installed ZA 9.1.007.002 firewall only, as I use Avast for on access scanning.
I have noticed that since installing the system has slowed up quite considerably.
On checking the system loads with Process Explorer I see that ZL client exe. is active continuously and accounts for about a 15-20% CPU load. This continuous load has a detrimental effect upon overall system performance.
I would like to now if this is normal and if not what can I do to reduce it.
Previously used Comdo firewall but got feed up with all the interruptions and lockouts so I am looking to ZA in the hopes of being able to improve on this.
System winxp-sp3- home, IE 7/FF
Would be grateful for any help and advise.
Thank you for reading this.

Re: Zone Alarm Firewall - Free

In Avast:
Standard shield > Customize > Advanced
Click Add
Enter the path and add \* at the end to exclude everything in the directory.
You can also do it for specific programs.

The easiest way is first navigate to c:\program files\<any folder>
copy the address to notepad, add "\*"
copy all that into avast. The reason for this convoluted method is Avast doesn't have a browse button.